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4-Vinylanisole is an aggregation pheromone in locusts
4-Vinylanisole, which is emitted by gregarious locusts or as a result of aggregation of solitary locusts, is identified as an aggregation pheromone that strongly attracts both solitary and gregarious locusts, acting via the olfactory receptor OR35.
- Xiaojiao Guo
- , Qiaoqiao Yu
- & Le Kang
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Ocean acidification does not impair the behaviour of coral reef fishes
In contrast to previous studies, analyses now show that ocean acidification does not perturb important behaviours—such as the avoidance of chemical cues from predators—of coral reef fishes.
- Timothy D. Clark
- , Graham D. Raby
- & Josefin Sundin
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Counteraction of antibiotic production and degradation stabilizes microbial communities
Mathematical modelling and simulations reveal that including antibiotic degraders in ecological models of microbial species interaction allows the system to robustly move towards an intermixed stable state, more representative of real-world observations.
- Eric D. Kelsic
- , Jeffrey Zhao
- & Roy Kishony
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Chemical ecology of pain
The venom of the Texas coral snake causes excruciating pain. The discovery of the venom's pain-inducing component opens up opportunities for studying predator–prey interactions and for pain research. See Letter p.410
- Baldomero M. Olivera
- & Russell W. Teichert
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Plant biology: Growth industry
To learn the chemical language of plants, Ian Baldwin has built up a German research empire that engineers seeds — and a field station in the Utah wilderness to grow them.
- Alison Abbott
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Bacteria can drive the evolution of new species
Symbiotic organisms influence fruitfly mate choice.
- Joseph Milton
Mosquito brains encode unique features of human odour to drive host seeking